Older people at higher risk of emergency cancer diagnosis
Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
People over 60 are at higher risk of being diagnosed with lung or bowel cancer as an emergency in hospital than younger people, according to a report. The researchers also found that women and less affluent people are at higher risk of an emergency lung cancer diagnosis, while being unmarried, divorced or widowed was associated with having bowel cancer diagnosed as an emergency.